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House cleaning businesses in the Williamsport, PA metro area

The house cleaning businesses in the Williamsport, PA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #147 of 375 scored metro areas
#3 of 15 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$53.6M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,145 a household
Spending per listing
$8.9M
40% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
112,587
−1.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 house cleaning businesses in the Williamsport metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 1.3 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Williamsport metro area comes to about $53.6M a year: $1,145 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.9M per business, 40% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Williamsport metro area was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 2,466 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Williamsport metro area declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Williamsport metro area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #147 of 375 scored metro areas and #3 of 15 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.

How the Williamsport metro area compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all lawn care, cleaning and other household services by the house cleaning businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

House cleaning in Williamsport, PA metro area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureWilliamsport metro areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.31.92.2
Spending per listing$8.9M$6.9M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,4661,9921,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.8%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,145$1,286$1,414
Median household income$63,917$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score5351

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19
Employees, 2023
147
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Williamsport metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in the Williamsport metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
112,587−1.3% since 2020
Households
46,861
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,229 sq. mi.
People per square mile
92
Median household income
$63,917+17.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,003
Median home value
$202,200
Jobs located here
49,055
Daytime population
110,643Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Williamsport metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in Pennsylvania ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Reading, PA57271.7$7.7M+2.7%#115 of 375
2Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ56672.0$6.7M+3.0%#123 of 375
3Williamsport, PA5361.3$8.9M−1.3%#147 of 375
4Lancaster, PA53371.7$7.6M+1.9%#150 of 375
5Gettysburg, PA53102.4$5.3M+3.6%#159 of 375
6Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA52471.9$6.8M+4.2%#163 of 375
7Pittsburgh, PA501731.6$7.8M−1.3%#180 of 375
8Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD505642.3$6.2M+1.4%#182 of 375
9Chambersburg, PA50152.4$5.3M+3.0%#185 of 375
10Lebanon, PA48132.3$5.5M+2.2%#207 of 375

Other business types in the Williamsport metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Williamsport, PA metro area?

There are 6 house cleaning businesses on map listings in the Williamsport metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in the Williamsport, PA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $53.6M a year, or $1,145 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $8.9M per business. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,861 households in the Williamsport metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Williamsport, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Williamsport metro area has 1.3 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $8.9M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the national ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Williamsport metro area would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,466 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is the Williamsport, PA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Williamsport metro area at 112,587 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 46,861 households. Median household income in the Williamsport metro area is $63,917, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.8%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Williamsport metro area scores 53 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #147 of 375 scored metro areas.

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